Glastonbury thoughts...

[juliet]

catsgomiaow mentioned ID & CitizenCard & whatnot for getting into Glastonbury. Note that you *don't* have to get a CitizenCard if you don't want one[0] to get onsite. A photo driving licence is also acceptable, as is your passport. Passports haven't been mentioned on the website because they don't want to promote them since the police think they're too valuable for people to be carting around the festival with them. If you do take yours, you should put it in the lockup immediately on arrival.

ID info here and also here.

In other news, it occurs to me that I used to have a little tin for putting fagends in (they don't biodegrade, & the cows don't like them, so every single one dropped on the floor has to be picked up again before the cows can come back), but have lost it. But! these people sell little pocket ashtrays for £2.99 apiece. I shall be acquiring one - anyone else want one & I can get a job lot? (specify design if bothered)

I also need a folding chair (knees increasingly buggered...) & a space blanket to put under the sleeping bags. Must go camping-shop shopping!

[0] I explicitly don't because I don't trust the Home Office not to claim that CCard takeup rates represent support for compulsory ID card

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[flick.livejournal.com]

If you don't fancy doing an online order, I have a fab little brushed aluminium Muji one. However, there website is teh slow, and I can't quite decide which category it would be in, so....

[juliet]

Online order = bestest because does not involve actually getting off my bottom & finding time to go actually shopping & stuff.

Sadly I shall have to go actually shopping for folding chair because ease of carrying & weight & such are all very important.

[flick.livejournal.com]

I think Muji do those, too, you know....

[juliet]

They do, as well. Cor. I may, then, have to wander along & have a look (40quid, though, which seems pretty steep unless they're *very* light & shiny & stuff).

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Muji in 'shiny but overpriced' shocker!

[karen2205]

http://www.blacks.co.uk/blacks.storefront/EN/Product/09272143(black) or http://www.millets.co.uk/Millets.storefront/EN/Product/09355445 might be cheaper alternatives (though obviously not as shiny).

Anytime I've picked folding chairs up I've been very surprised at how light they are, so I wouldn't worry about the weight too much - I think the lightest things are the tripod stools which would be OK for quick sit downs, but possibly not for sitting for extended periods. Maybe you want one of each?

I've found space blankets at £1 a time with the first aid stuff at large chemists. I'm guessing they're the same as the more expensive ones found with the emergency survival gear.

Would walking poles (http://www.millets.co.uk/Millets.storefront/EN/Catalog/76) be of any use? I'm guessing that Glastonbury isn't flat and while you might not want to use walking sticks, having something to give some support with going up and down the hills might be helpful?

[juliet]

Ooh, the Blacks one has a carrying case with shoulder strap (another requirement is ease of carrying). Hurrah. That looks like a Good Plan.

Walking poles - hrm. Actually, that might be a plan. I shall consider - thanks for the suggestion!

[j4.livejournal.com]

40 quid for a folding chair??

I got 2 for a fiver from the car parts shop (no I don't know why the car parts shop sold chairs, I think it was as part of a "get in your car and go places this summer, going places == picnic == FOLDING CHAIRS!" thing). Can look if they still do them if you want. They're the three-legged sort that just scrunch up.

To be fair though they're not brushed stainless-steel with a choice of black or ecru linen seat like Muji's will be. ;-)

[juliet]

Stools (am assuming 3-legged = stools, as cannot imagine 3-legged chair-with-back being stable) are no good, sadly - I need something with a back, or I'll just bollocks my back up whilst minding my knees :-) The Blacks one for 15quid (which is rather more like it!) above has a back & also a carrying case with shoulder strap, which sounds about right.

[j4.livejournal.com]

Ah okay, sorry, think I missed the back-necessity.

The Millets one is only £9.99 but doesn't seem to have any kind of carrying thing.

Oh, and this one has a carrying bag, & is only 12 quid. That site has quite a lot of chairs, actually.

I want to get paid to do the online shopping googling/froogling for other people all day, please, thanks. :-)

[juliet]

Thank you! There's some useful-looking things there - I suspect the thing to do may be to visit Black's in person to check things out, & possibly then buy online if I'll save CASH. (though obv there is issue with postage prices, so may not save that much).